Identify SD used in the following sentences

1. She looked down on Gopher Prairie. The snow stretching without break from street to devouring prairie beyond, wiped out the town's pretence of being a shelter. The houses were black specks on a white sheet. (S.L.)

2. His voice was a dagger of corroded brass. (S.L.)

3. He felt the first watery eggs of sweat moistening the palms of his hands. (W. S.)

4. Geneva, mother of the Red Cross, hostess of humanitarian congresses for the civilizing of warfare! (J.R.)

5. She saw around her, clustered about the white tables, multitudes of violently red lips, powdered cheeks, cold, hard eyes, self-possessed arrogant faces, and insolent bosoms. (A.B.)

6. "Some remarkable pictures in this room, gentlemen. A Holbein, two Van Dycks and if I am not mistaken, a Velasquez. I am interested in pictures." (Ch.)

7. You have nobody to blame but yourself. The saddest words of tongue or pen. (I.Sh.)

8. There are two things I look for in a man. A sympathetic character and full lips. (I.Sh.)

9. Most women up London nowadays seem to furnish their rooms with nothing but orchids, foreigners and French novels. (O.W.)

10. "Someone at the door," he said, blinking."Some four, I should say by the sound," said Fili. (A. T.)

11. "There is only one brand of tobacco allowed here - "Three nuns". None today, none tomorrow, and none the day after." (Br. B.)

12. "Good morning," said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining and the grass was very green. (A.T.)

13. Last time it was a nice, simple, European-style war. (I.Sh.)

14. But every Englishman is born with a certain miraculous power that makes him master of the world. As the great champion of freedom and national independence he conquers and annexes half the world and calls it Colonization. (B.Sh.)

15. She's a charming middle-aged lady with a face like a bucket of mud and if she has washed her hair since Coolidge's second term, I'll eat my spare tire, rim and all. (R.Ch.)

16. With all the expressiveness of a stone Welsh stared at him another twenty seconds apparently hoping to see him gag. (R.Ch.)

17. "You cheat, you no-good cheat - you tricked our son. Took our son with a scheming trick, Miss Tomboy, Miss Sarcastic, Miss Sneerface." (Ph. R.)

18. I keep six honest serving-men

(They taught me all I know);

Their names are What and Why and When

And How and Where and Who.

I send them over land and sea,

I send them east and west;

But after they have worked for me

I give them all a rest.

I let them rest from nine till five,

For I am busy then,

As well as breakfast, lunch, and tea,

For they are hungry men.

But different folk have different views.

I know a person small -

She keeps ten million serving-men,

Who get no rest at all.

She sends 'em abroad on her own affairs,

From the second she opens her eyes -

One million Hows, two million Wheres,

And seven million Whys. (R. K.)

19. Kate kept him because she knew he would do anything in the world if he were paid to do it or was afraid not to do it. She had no illusions about him. In her business Joes were necessary. (J. St.)

20. The next speaker was a tall gloomy man. Sir Something Somebody. (P.)

21. We sat down at a table with two girls in yellow and three men, each one introduced to us as Mr. Mumble. (Sc.F.)

22. He's a proud, haughty, consequential, turned-nosed peacock. (D.)

23. The Fascisti, or extreme Nationalists, which means black-shirted, knife-carrying, club-swinging, quick-stepping, nineteen-year-old-pot-shot patriots, have worn out their welcome in Italy. (H.)

24. Thief!" Pilon shouted. "Dirty pig of an untrue friend!" (J.St.)

25. He thoroughly disliked this never-far-from-tragic look of a ham Shakespearian actor. (H.)

26. "What a picture!" cried the ladies. "Oh! The lambs! Oh, the sweets! Oh, the ducks! Oh, the pets!" (K.M.)

27. The girls were dressed to kill. (J.Br.)

28. I was violently sympathetic, as usual. (Jn.B.)

29. She was a sparrow of a woman. (Ph. L.)

30. We danced on the handkerchief-big space between the tables. (R.W.)

31. The little woman, for she was of pocket size, crossed her hands solemnly on her middle. (G.)

32. The rain had thickened, fish could have swum through the air. (T.C.)

33. He caught a ride home to the crowded loneliness of the barracks. (J.)

34. Huck Finn and Holden Caulfield are Good Bad Boys of American literature. (V.)

35. It was an open secret that Ray had been ripping his father-in-law off. (D.U.)

36. A very likeable young man with a pleasantly ugly face. (A. C.)

37. Constantinople is noisy, hot, hilly, dirty and beautiful. It is packed with uniforms and rumors. (H.)

38. An enormous grand piano grinned savagely at the curtains as if it would grab them, given the chance. (W.G1.)

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